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Poet’s Haven Reading Series – October 7

Poet’s Haven Reading Series – October 7th

Upper Crust, 10909 86 Ave NW
Monday, October 7th, 7:00-8:30 pm
(Doors open at 6:30)

Features Poetry by: Brenda Gunn, Jesse Piquette, David Brydges, Abdullah Al Muktadir

Mic Host: Dorothy Lowrie
Door Host: David Crone & Anne Gerard Marshall

Open Mic: Sign-up (2-min. poem)

Welcome all! See you at the Haven! Bring your friends! New and first readers are always welcome and given priority during the Open Mic.

**Please note: Anyone who has signed up for a reading spot and wants to make changes or needs assistance with it, or to be added to the Haven waitlist, please email: haven@strollofpoets.com and the Haven committee will help you.

To check the Haven Master Schedule, click here.

Poet’s Haven Reading Series – September 30

Upper Crust, 10909 86 Ave NW
Monday, September 30th, 7:00-8:30 pm
(Doors open at 6:30)

Features Poetry by: Clint McElwaine, Ella Zeltserman, Anne Gerard Marshall, Lois Hammond

Mic Host: Brenda Gunn
Door Host: DIANE Robitelle

Open Mic: Sign-up (2-min. poem)

Welcome all! See you at the Haven! Bring your friends! New and first readers are always welcome and given priority during the Open Mic.

To check the Haven Master Schedule, click here.

Announcement: Get ready to escape into the wonderland of poetry.

The Stroll of Poets board of directors hope that you are having a terrific summer but we are also excited to announce that the Haven Reading Series 2024/2025 season will be commencing in a couple of weeks at the Upper Crust Cafe with an all open mic engagement once again on September 16th.

We’re ready to get after it and hope that you will be there and/or also join us for our Haven Reading Series this season. The readings will continue on a biweekly schedule with an additional few dates at Audrey’s Bookstore in December, January, and March. One of four 10-minute featured reader spots will be available at each of these subsequent Haven Reading events for all Stroll members who have paid for their yearly membership, whether or not you contribute a poem to the yearly anthology (one reading spot per person per year only please).

Also, please remember that each session will require additional volunteers to mic host and to assist as a door host so we ask that you sign up for one of these spots as well if you can. Once you have signed up, confirmation and reminder notices will be sent to you via e-mail. To check out the available dates and sign up for reader and volunteer spots please use this link to access the Haven Reading Series sign up page: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48A5AE2FA7F8C43-50020535-haven#/

ESCAPE – Stroll of Poets Haven Reading Series Season Launch

ESCAPE

We tell people we need to get away from it all. But, do we mean that we need to escape from work, escape from ongoing crises, or escape from people who drive us nuts? Do we need to get away from constant pressure, flee from phonies, or disappear from aggravation?

ESCAPE is the theme. Tell us about your need to escape any negativity in your life. We all have something we need to escape from, even if it’s something deep within ourselves. Write a poem about your need to escape, or the rewards of finding it.

Go ahead! Escape, even if it’s just for a moment, or a few wonderful lines. Then bring it to the Stroll of Poets Haven Reading Series launch, an all open mic event at the Upper Crust Café, on September 16 at 7:00 PM. Share it with us and for a minute, we will escape with you!

A Message from the President

A Message from the President:

As the Haven Reading Series has concluded for the 2024/2025 season I would like to wish all members of the Stroll of Poets a very good summer break. This past season has proven to be very successful in many ways. Besides the very recognizable increase in attendance and participation in the Haven through venues at the Upper Crust Café and Audrey’s Bookstore, we also attracted friends and fellow poets from across North America to reconnect and share their words with us again through an online return to the Haven at Home Readings. The Stroll welcomed many new attendees and readers at these events. As well, the Stroll of Poets staged a successful Blinks event during The Edmonton Poetry Festival and reached out to the community with Fresh Verse plus readings at Allendale Community and the Lions Senior Center.

Thanks to all Stroll members for their initiation and/or participation in all of these Stroll events, the 30-30 and Pure Gold poetry prompts, the annual Anthology, and the upcoming Land acknowledgement publication.

Stay tuned for the return of these events next year along with new and exciting events being planned by your board members. Watch for opportunities for the membership to become involved in committees, participate in planning events, and our transition to a new Stroll of Poets Google Workspace. Please note the new contact information, associated with this transition, for the Stroll of Poets and all board members.

Thank you all for your continued support and enthusiasm for poetry and the Stroll of Poets Society.

In peace and poetry;

Max Vandersteen